Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 29th Aug 2007 23:11 UTC
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu "Ubuntu Xorg maintainer Bryce Harrington recently demonstrated the BulletProof-X feature that is planned for inclusion in Ubuntu 7.10. BulletProof-X provides a failsafe mode which will ensure that users never have to manually configure their graphics hardware settings from the command line."
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RE: Finally!
by archiesteel on Thu 30th Aug 2007 05:29 UTC in reply to "Finally!"
archiesteel
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2005-07-02

Let me be the first to welcome FLOSS to the 20th century!


I'm pretty sure you meant 21st century...

This is an awesome development. However, they should plug it in with the restricted driver manager, so you can set up your accelerated X right away.

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RE[2]: Finally!
by pcbsdusr on Thu 30th Aug 2007 07:46 in reply to "RE: Finally!"
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2006-01-23

No, he meant 20th Century... ;)

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RE[3]: Finally!
by archiesteel on Thu 30th Aug 2007 19:41 in reply to "RE[2]: Finally!"
archiesteel Member since:
2005-07-02

Considering that the phrase "welcome to the 20th century" is synonymous with "welcome to the year 1901" (because that's when the 20th century began), then I'm pretty sure he meant "21st century" - because otherwise that would be a rather stupid comment. There were *no* computers in 1901. Saying that would be as irrelevant as saying "welcome to the 19th century".

"Welcome to the 21st century" on the other hand, is quite appropriate if you want to signify that something is catching up on a technological level.

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